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Family Theater Singles

Topics: OTRR, Old Time Radio Researchers Group, OTR, Old Time Radio, OTRR Set, OTRR Certified Set, Family Theater, Drama, Religious, Prayer, 1940s, 1950s, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, OTRR Updated Release, OTRR – 2023-06
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FAMILY THEATER
While a priest in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany, New York, Father Patrick Peyton got involved with The Holy Rosary radio programs that were aired by stations in the Albany and Schenectady area. These initial radio contacts combined with an acquaintance with the local Variety correspondent, led to Father Peyton’s first national radio effort. In 1945 he organized a Mother’s Day broadcast over the Mutual Broadcasting System featuring Bing Crosby, who Father Peyton had cold-called about hosting the event.

For the next two years Father Peyton toiled to bring an ongoing series to the air that would focus on Peyton’s indomitable belief in the power of prayer and its role in family life. Mutual again would be his landing place when the system’s president, Edgar Kobak, agreed to donate a time slot. In return Kobak wanted a first-rate production as well as Peyton to cover all the production expenses.

During his last two years of efforts to bring a new radio series to the air Father Peyton had made many contacts in the film and radio industries. Tom Lewis, Bob Longenecker, and Al Scalpone were brought on board to take care of behind-the-scenes operations and Family Theater premiered on February 13, 1947. Originating from KHJ’s Hollywood studios, the program was heard from coast to coast though not initially at the same time or even the same day.

Every week the guest host would intone “More things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of.” In focusing his series on prayer, Father Peyton frequently found himself gently resisting pressure from the Catholic Church hierarchy to slip more doctrine into the scripts while still creating an environment that welcomed a variety of Hollywood stars, many of whom found a bit of positive publicity for their efforts.

Family Theater was never sponsored, nor did Father Peyton ever attempt to turn it into a commercial show. He worked relentlessly to raise the money needed to cover the production costs week in and week out. The quality of the show was recognized by a number of awards over the years and Family Theater aired new episodes at least until 1957, ten years after its debut, and was still heard in reruns on Mutual into the 1960s, well past radio’s Golden Era.

This synopsis is based on information published in Karl Schadow’s Family Theater: Every Home (Radio Spirits Family Theater release #47252, 2015), courtesy Radio Spirits and the author, and John Dunning’s The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio.
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61.0M

I Give You Maggie

61.5M

Let Us Remember

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Work of a Lifetime

62.1M

A Bunch of Keys

64.4M

Passion and Death

60.6M

The Awakening

56.9M

The Lonely Road

55.7M

A Star For Helen

57.5M

Three Way Love

63.4M

No Man Is a Stranger

66.1M

Stopwatch Finale

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Hound of Heaven

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T Formation

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Heaven Is Like That

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The Perfect Wife

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2.7M

Family Theater Synopsis

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Father Patrick Peyton Biography

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Flight from Home

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No Night Too Dark

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J. Smith and Wife

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I Give You Maggie

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Let Us Remember

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Work of a Lifetime

24.6M

A Bunch of Keys

23.9M

Passion and Death

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Man Against Death

19.9M

God and a Red Scooter

20.2M

Ernie's Day

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Mr. Bidderoe's Mission

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The Awakening

23.5M

The Lonely Road

22.5M

A Star For Helen

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Three Way Love

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Goodbye, Goodbye, Goodbye

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Laughing Into Glory

20.3M

Top Man

20.2M

Little Boy Blue

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Point of Law

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Some Rain Must Fall

19.9M

Song for a Long Road

19.9M

Brass Buttons

20.3M

Descent Into Paradise

20.1M

No Greater Love

20.0M

The Windbag

20.3M

The Tin Whistle

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The World of David Lee

24.3M

No Man Is a Stranger

25.0M

Stopwatch Finale

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Strictly Amateurs

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Blue Memorandum

22.4M

Hound of Heaven

23.1M

T Formation

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The Prayer That Won the West

23.3M

Heaven Is Like That

19.7M

Advice to the Lovelorn

19.5M

Journey Home

22.8M

The Perfect Wife

19.7M

Son of Mine

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Home for Thanksgiving

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Oh Romeo, My Romeo

19.4M

Substitute Santa

19.4M

A Rose by Any Other Name

19.8M

Our Lady's Juggler

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In Another Year

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The Happiest Person in the World

19.9M

Stolen Symphony

19.7M

Broadway Lullaby

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Verdict - Guilty

19.7M

God and a Red Scooter

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Out of the Wilderness

18.5M

The Future Is Yours

19.9M

Life's a Circus

19.6M

Dear Mr. American

19.8M

The Man Who Died Twice

19.7M

Talent for Living

19.9M

Passion and Death

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Little Boy Blue

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Toledo Smith

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Wanted - One Baby

20.0M

Eddie Meets the Family

20.0M

Their Only Son

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Mother's Halo Was Tight

19.9M

Song for a Long Road

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Thief in the Night

20.2M

The Unsung Hero

20.1M

High Boarded Fence

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Once On a Golden Afternoon

19.9M

Fear Is a Little Word

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Suspended Moment

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First Class Requirements

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For Bonnie Annie Laurie

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Music of a Broken Bell

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One in a Million

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Christmas in July

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Mr. Birthday

19.9M

The Tin Whistle

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Jamie and the Promise

20.0M

Once On a Golden Afternoon

20.0M

Ozzie and Harriet Show

19.7M

A Day to Remember

19.9M

Brannigan's Bat

19.7M

Gramps

19.7M

The World of David Lee

19.7M

Farewell to Birdie McKeesler

19.5M

Story of John Sager

16.5M

Footsteps in the Night

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Little Lost Shepherd

16.5M

Mr. Carousel

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Violets for Courage

16.3M

World With a Fence

16.3M

Herbert Has Ideas

16.5M

A Daddy for Christmas

16.4M

Blessed Are They

16.4M

The Juggler of Our Lady

16.5M

Where the Heart Is

10.8M

Gentlemen, Be Seated

16.4M

World Without End

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Melancholy Clown

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Guilty of Mercy

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Altar of Freedom

16.4M

God and a Red Scooter

16.3M

All Brides Are Beautiful

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Hollywood Story

16.3M

The Leprechaun Who Didn't Listen

16.4M

For the Love of Angel

16.5M

The Fourth Strike

16.5M

Night Elevator

16.3M

The Empty Room

19.6M

Throw Your Heart In the Ring

19.5M

Round Trip

19.9M

Stolen Symphony

20.0M

The Legacy

20.0M

Man With a Plow

19.8M

The Hidden Heart

19.7M

Hound of Heaven

19.6M

The Scout

19.9M

The Postmistress of Laurel Run

19.7M

The Necklace

19.8M

The Pardoner's Tale

19.7M

Moby Dick

19.7M

My Terminal Moraine

19.9M

Robin Hood

19.8M

The Bishop's Candlesticks

19.9M

The Fountain of Youth

19.7M

The Story of Joyce Kilmer

19.6M

Robert of Sicily

19.7M

The Denver Express

19.7M

Song of Roland

20.1M

Mademoiselle Fifi

19.8M

Queen of the Angels

20.0M

Evangeline

20.0M

The Gold Bug

19.3M

The Happy Prince

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Ivanhoe

20.4M

In Each Other's Shoes

20.0M

King O'Toole and Saint Kevin

20.3M

Window in the Sky

20.2M

By Sun and Candlelight

20.2M

Courtship of Miles Standish

20.7M

Rip Van Winkle

20.1M

Don Quixote

20.0M

The Other Wise Man

19.6M

The Littlest Angel

19.5M

The Cobbler's Window

19.7M

Old Judge Priest

19.7M

A Tale of Two Cities

19.8M

William, the Terrified

19.5M

Lodging for the Night

19.8M

The Black Arrow

19.4M

The Short Career of Dexter Coles

19.7M

Quality Folks

19.6M

The Spy

19.8M

Railroad and Churchyard

19.8M

The Prince and the Pauper

19.6M

Germelshausen

19.8M

The Broken Pitcher

19.6M

The 51st Dragon

19.8M

Mahoney's Lucky Day

19.7M

The Valiant Lady

20.2M

Sara Bernhardt

19.9M

The Bet

19.8M

The Outcasts of Poker Flat

19.8M

Treasure Island

20.4M

The Prisoner of Zenda

20.2M

The Man Without a Country

19.9M

Cyrano De Bergerac

19.9M

Joaquin Murrieta

19.6M

Sir Lancelot of the Lake

19.8M

The Spectre Bridegroom

19.7M

The Triumphant Exile

19.9M

The Kiss of Salomy Jane

19.8M

Julius Caesar

19.8M

The Black Tulip

19.7M

Lochinvar

19.8M

The Lion Tamer

19.7M

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

19.8M

Brannigan's Bat

19.9M

The Woman's Touch

19.7M

Lost Mine of the Padres

19.6M

God and a Red Scooter

19.9M

Lady With a Lamp

19.9M

Stephen Foster Story

20.1M

The Other Glory

20.1M

The Windbag

19.9M

Jane Eyre

19.7M

Stolen Symphony

19.8M

Hans Brinker

19.7M

Peter Zenger

19.7M

The Clown

19.7M

Robert of Sicily

19.3M

Lullaby of Christmas

20.0M

Joppe, the Juggler

5.2M

The Littlest Angel

19.9M

Shadow on the Mountain

19.4M

The Golden Touch

19.7M

A Star for Helen

19.8M

Pinocchio

19.7M

The Long Way 'Round

19.7M

The Treasury of Homes

19.8M

Hound of Heaven

19.7M

Flame and the Arrow

19.6M

Story of Little Tree

19.8M

Pardon for Tippy

19.7M

The Major, He Was a Sailor

20.0M

Suzie's Prayer Ball

19.7M

General Pumpkin's Birthday

19.7M

The Promise

19.6M

Tommy Malone Comes Home

19.7M

Heaven Is Like That

19.9M

The Right Approach

19.6M

Luck of Roaring Camp

5.1M

The Golden Touch

19.5M

Peppe Virgo

19.6M

The Hold-Out Heart

19.6M

Stopwatch Finale

19.6M

Song for a Long Road

19.5M

Days of Grace

19.8M

Mademoiselle from Saint Antoine

19.6M

The Funnyman

19.8M

The House Where Time Stopped

19.3M

Rhapsody in Bop

20.2M

The Bid Was Four Hearts

19.7M

The Courthouse Battle

19.8M

Seeds of Promise

19.9M

Masquerade

20.1M

In Shining Armor

19.8M

The Hand of Saint Pierre

19.7M

The Kiddy Story Story

19.6M

The Professor Was a Cheat

19.9M

The Kid from Scratch Gravel

5.3M

Mademoiselle from Saint Antoine

19.6M

Jewels of the Queen

19.7M

Talk About the Weather

19.5M

Wherever You Go

19.5M

The Story of Danny Dollar Bill

19.5M

Meet Mr. Jones

19.5M

Grampa's Marvelous X-Ray

19.5M

God and a Red Scooter

19.4M

The Fable of the Perfect Princess

19.9M

Lullaby of Christmas

19.8M

Star of Wonder

19.6M

Flight from Home

19.9M

The Juggler of Our Lady

19.7M

The Thinking Machine

19.5M

Curtain Call for Genesius

19.8M

Pas De Deux

19.5M

Heritage of Home

19.5M

The Redhead

19.9M

The Promise

19.6M

Land of Sunshine

19.6M

The Big One

19.5M

Burden on the Family

19.7M

The Pitchfork Experiment

5.3M

The Story of Little Tree

19.6M

Cass Wiggins - Rookie

19.8M

The Visitor

19.7M

Genius From Hoboken

19.9M

Continental Cowboy

19.7M

World Without End

19.9M

The Baby Sitter

19.6M

Portrait of Cynthia

19.6M

Man of the House

19.5M

Special Delivery Schultz

19.7M

The Problem Child Problem

5.2M

We Hold These Truths

19.7M

Ten O'Clock Scholar

7.0M

The Woman's Touch

19.5M

Action Was Limited

19.5M

The Fledgling

19.4M

The People's Choice

5.3M

Stopwatch Finale

19.6M

The Leading Lady

5.3M

Curtain Call for Genesius

6.9M

The Bid Was Four Hearts

16.8M

Days of Grace

17.0M

Mail Order Missus

16.8M

The Heart Also Sees

16.9M

The Cliff

16.8M

These Thy Gifts

17.0M

A Snake in Time

16.8M

A Vacation for Mom

17.0M

Just for Tonight

16.8M

Della

16.7M

Lullaby of Christmas

16.7M

Crossroads of Christmas

16.7M

The Nativity

16.6M

The Presentation

16.7M

The Finding of the Temple

16.6M

The Adventures of Amy Wilson

16.7M

A Kind of Treasure

16.7M

Spunky

16.7M

Home for Thanksgiving

16.7M

The Indispensable Man

5.3M

Heritage of Home

16.9M

Two Tickets for Stockholm

16.7M

God and the a Scooter

16.8M

Namgay Doola

16.8M

Safe at Home

16.9M

Round Trip

16.3M

The Passion and Death

16.6M

The Courtship of John Denis

16.7M

Eclipse

16.8M

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

16.8M

Outnumbered

18.7M

Mother of All

16.7M

To the Victor

16.7M

Highway East

16.7M

New Neighbor

16.7M

Abilone Boat

16.5M

Another Catcher in the Family

16.6M

The Last Run

16.6M

The Daughter in Law

16.9M

The Longest Hour

16.8M

Medicine Man

16.7M

The Flying Dutchman

16.7M

The Dunbar Conspiracy

16.7M

Hop, Skip and Jump

16.8M

Revolution in Rodneyville

16.7M

The Latest Thing

16.7M

Uncle Jim

16.9M

The Wise Guy

16.7M

Testimonial

16.8M

Just Like a Lady

16.6M

The Unknown

20.2M

The Payoff

20.2M

Journey of the Pegasus

20.3M

Turn on the Lights

20.3M

The Ballad of Dan McBirdy

20.1M

East of Puntas

20.1M

Fine Wedding for Angelita

20.2M

Employees Only

20.2M

The Martians and the Coys

20.1M

A Matter of Time

20.1M

Foreign Exchange

20.2M

Legend of High Chin Bob

20.1M

Chickie

20.2M

Ruth

20.1M

The Little Prince

20.2M

Sideman

20.1M

Hackie

20.2M

Something in the Air

20.1M

The Cadreman

20.3M

The Man Who Bought the Phone Company

20.2M

It's Not the Money

20.0M

A Different Drummer

20.1M

Past Imperfect

20.1M

The Door

20.0M

It's a Gift

20.0M

The Mental Blocks

20.1M

Night Caller

20.3M

The Pox

20.0M

The Story of Little Tree

20.2M

The Way of the Cross

20.1M

Newshawk

20.2M

The Losers

20.2M

Flight to Bermuda

20.1M

Gustafson

20.1M

45 Calibre Teapot

20.1M

The First Morning

8.7M

The Wind Is No Gentleman

20.0M

Where There's a Will

19.8M

Clean and Crisp and Even

20.1M

Skin Deep

20.0M

The Last Smash

20.0M

Strangers

19.9M

Beasley's Boy

20.0M

The Story of Danny Dollar

20.1M

Welcome Home

20.1M

Early Bird

20.3M

Reprisal

20.1M

Beauty and the Brain

20.1M

Stopwatch Finale

20.1M

Citizen's Arrest

20.3M

The Criminal

20.1M

Tennessee's Partner

20.1M

Under Fire

20.2M

Down Payment

20.2M

U.F.O.

20.1M

Stay Up for the Sunrise

20.2M

Hound of Heaven

20.1M

The Cliff

20.1M

At 155 Pounds

20.2M

Stolen Symphony

20.6M

Monsieur Payen

20.1M

Summer Replacement

20.0M

The Coat

20.1M

The Cobbler's Window

20.1M

The Juggler of Our Lady

8.8M

The Little Prince

20.2M

Stranger in Town

20.1M

Slaughterhouse Row

20.2M

Old Friends

20.2M

The Thin Red Line

20.2M

The Sangamo Sage

20.0M

Uncle Jim

20.2M

Midnight

19.9M

Torkelson's Flying Circus

20.0M

Retiring Mr. Hewitt

20.1M

Double Crossing

20.2M

No Contest

8.6M

The Story of Little Tree

20.1M

In the Nature of a Warning

20.2M

Act of Contrition

20.0M

After the Ball

20.1M

Who Am I?

20.1M

Deadbeat

19.8M

Every Good Boy Does Fine

20.1M

The Last Battle

20.2M

The Last Straw

20.0M

Counterplot

20.2M

One Horse Carousel

20.0M

Shutout

20.2M

The Dotted Line

20.2M

Today Is Sunday

20.2M

Horse Sense

19.8M

Cover-Up

20.0M

Fairy Tale

20.1M

Rimrock

20.2M

The Rainbow Chaser

20.0M

The Kiddy Story Story

20.1M

The Roll Call of the Reef

20.1M

The Big One

20.1M

The Fable of the Perfect Princess

20.1M

It Isn't Cricket

20.0M

The End of Dirty Eddy

20.0M

The Fledgling

20.2M

Follow Me

20.0M

The Penalty

20.2M

The Redhead

20.0M

You Remind Me of Me

20.0M

Turn on the Lights

19.9M

Night Caller

20.0M

A Dog's Life

20.1M

The Leading Lady

20.1M

Captive Audience

20.0M

Ladies' Man

20.2M

Restitution

20.0M

The Juggler of Our Lady

20.2M

Hound of Heaven

20.2M

Survival Mechanism

20.2M

The Stupid Saint

20.2M

The Visitor

20.0M

Caboose

20.1M

The Victim

20.1M

Funny Valentine

19.9M

Little Church of the Ambush

19.9M

Snare of the Fowler

20.1M

Mr. Harrison and the Lady Racketeer

20.0M

The Seventh Son

20.0M

The Fence

20.1M

The Sob-Sister

20.1M

Passion and Death of Christ

6.9M

The Story of Little Tree

20.1M

Coincidence

20.1M

Flight to Bermuda

20.0M

Gambler's End

19.9M

Second Chance

20.0M

The Apt Mister Willis

20.0M

Song for a Long Road

19.6M

Citizen's Arrest

19.9M

Roughneck

20.1M

Wally

20.1M

Clipper Ship

20.0M

Blood Will Tell

20.0M

Showdown

20.1M

The Girl in the Green Dress

20.0M

Cowtown

20.1M

Six of One

20.1M

The Other Sheep

20.2M

The Big Day

20.0M

The Outing

20.1M

Now You See Him

20.2M

Fair Exchange

20.1M

Deductive Reasoning

20.1M

The Coward

19.9M

The First Voyage of Columbus

20.1M

Reprisal

20.1M

The Man in the Street

20.1M

The McCoy

20.2M

Integrity

20.1M

Slap in the Face

20.1M

First Law of the Jungle

20.1M

Thinking Makes It So

20.1M

Me for You

20.0M

The First Morning

20.0M

God and a Red Scooter

20.3M

West of the Pecos

20.1M

No Comment

20.2M

Enough Rope

20.3M

Once On a Golden Afternoon

20.1M

Genie With the Light Green Hair

20.0M

The Treasury of Homes

19.9M

Never Let the Sun Go Down

20.0M

Hostage

19.9M

To the Losers Belong the Spoils

20.1M

The Fourth Act

20.1M

Flight Plan

20.1M

The Ninth Floor of the Plaza

20.0M

All Brides Are Beautiful

20.2M

Lines of Probability

20.1M

Passion and Death

54.4M

Story of Little Tree

20.4M

Nightmare at Noon

20.3M

Last One in Line

20.4M

The Green Wave

20.3M

Retired

16.8M

Profile of a Hero

16.7M

The Acid Test

16.6M

Tom Summit

20.2M

A Matter of Potential

17.1M

The Quiet War

20.2M

The Invasion

20.5M

Emergency

20.3M

Uncle Jim

6.0M

Mail Order Missus

20.6M

Design Flaw

16.7M

Shot in the Dark

16.9M

The Spy

17.0M

It Can't Happen Here

16.7M

Sylvia

17.1M

The Colonel's Daughter

11.4M

Roadshow

2.9M

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